Birishiri

Bholaganj , Sylhet

KOTKA BEACH

Kotka beach is one of the beautiful tourist spots among the entire Sundarbans where you can do a jungle
trail along with night stay. It is actually a sanctuary area for the wild animals and UNESCO declared world
heritage site. In Kotka, deer and monkeys can be seen many in numbers and the predators as the Royal
Bengal Tiger can be seen sometimes. It has been said locally that the tigers often being available where
the deer are available. If it is managed to get a safari early in the morning with a small boat to the inlet
part of the river through forest a lots of wild animal could watched.

Like the other part of Sundarbans, Kotka is also full of flora and fauna. It took a survey and said that there
is about 245 genera and 334 types of plants are at The Sundarbans. Moreover, some extinct type of birds
likes Grey Eagle, the vultures and hornbills. More than fifty species of birds found at kotka.
The forest authority made a reservoir to get the sweet water for the wild animals during dry season. There
is a watch tower also and from the tower tourists get a wonderful view of the forest. Form the watch tower
it takes half an hour in walking distance you will reach to a wonderful sea beach out there named as
Jamtola Beach. In winter season tigers Paws &amp; Footprint can be seen often in the Kotka Beach.